Doris Blattner

Doris Blattner, 80, of Findlay, Ohio, went to be with her Lord and Savior at Sunrise, Findlay, Ohio, at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013.

She was born on April 7, 1932, in Scranton, to the late Albert and Mary (James) Lazar. She married the Rev. David A. Blattner on July 7, 1955 in Wilkes-Barre, who survives.

Doris Blattner is also survived by a son, David Blattner (Julie) of McKinney, Texas and a daughter, Deborah (John) Oman of Rawson, Ohio; four grandchildren: Joshua (Brianna) and Abigail Blattner, and John and Justin Oman; and a sister, Grace (Charles) Scheid of Flower Mound, Texas.

She was a member of Gateway Church, Findlay. She graduated from Chester High School and West Chester State Teachers College in Pennsylvania with a bachelor of science in music. She has been a music and choral teacher in the following Pennsylvania school districts: Chichester, Honesdale, Tyrone, Glassport and Elizabeth Forward, as well as First Assembly Christian Academy, Erie. In Ohio, she continued her love for music at Christian Life Academy in Ashtabula and Bethel Christian Academy in Parma. She was the choir director at the Assembly of God churches at which her husband pastored in Pennsylvania: Paradise Valley, Tyrone, McKeesport and Carlisle, as well as in Ohio at First Assembly, Ashtabula and Bethel Temple, Parma.

Doris was a woman of great faith who had a great heart for all the people she met. She loved teaching Sunday school, Bible studies, singing, playing the piano and trips with her husband. She had a special love for all her grandchildren and prayed for them constantly that they would love and serve the Lord.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, and from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Coldren-Crates Funeral Home, Findlay.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Pastor Ben Borsay officiating. Burial will be at Powell Cemetery, Eagle Township.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Gateway Church Building Fund.